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Roget 488: assent; give assent, yield assent, nod assent; acquiesce; agree etc. 23; receive, accept, accede, accord, concur, lend oneself to, consent, coincide, reciprocate, go with; be at one with etc. adj.; go along with, chime in with, strike in with, close in with; echo, enter into one's views, agree in opinion; vote, give one's voice for; recognize; subscribe to, conform to, defer to; say yes to, say ditto, amen to, say aye to.    acknowledge, own, admit, allow, avow, confess; concede etc. (yield) 762; come round to; abide by; permit etc. 760.    arrive at an understanding, come to an understanding, come to terms, come to an agreement.    confirm, affirm; ratify, appprove, indorse, countersign; corroborate etc. 467.    go with the stream, swim with the stream, go with the flow, blow with the wind; be in fashion, join in the chorus, join the crowd, be one of the guys, be part of the group, go with the crowd, don't make waves; be in every mouth.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 928: respect, regard; revere, reverence; hold in reverence, honor, venerate, hallow; esteem etc. (approve of) 931; think much of; entertain respect for, bear respect for; look up to, defer to; have a high opinion of, hold a high opinion of; pay attention, pay respect etc. n.. to; do honor to, render honor to; do the honors, hail; show courtesy etc. 894; salute, present arms; do homage to, pay homage to; pay tribute to, kneel to, bow to, bend the knee to; fall down before, prostrate oneself, kiss the hem of one's garment; worship etc. 990.    keep one's distance, make room, observe due decorum, stand upon ceremony.    command respect, inspire respect; awe, inspire awe, impose, overawe, dazzle.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 725: succumb, submit, yeild, bend, resign, defer to.    lay down one's arms, deliver up one's arms; lower colors, haul down colors, strike one's flag, strike colors.    surrender, surrender at discretion; cede, capitulate, come to terms, retreat, beat a retreat; draw in one's horns etc. (humility) 879; give way, give round, give in, give up; cave in; suffer judgment by default; bend, bend to one's yoke, bend before the storm; reel back; bend down, knuckle down, knuckle to, knuckle under; knock under.    eat dirt, eat the leek, eat humble pie; bite the dust, lick the dust; be at one's feet, fall at one's feet; craven; crouch before, throw oneself at the feet of; swallow the leek, swallow the pill; kiss the rod; turn the other cheek; avaler les couleuvres [Fr.], gulp down.    obey etc. 743; kneel to, bow to, pay homage to, cringe to, truckle to; bend the neck, bend the knee; kneel, fall on one's knees, bow submission, courtesy, curtsy, kowtow.    pocket the affront; make the best of, make a virtue of necessity; grin and abide, grin and bear it, shrug the shoulders, resign oneself; submit with a good grace etc. (bear with) 826.    ... meer laten zien

Moby betekeniswoordenboek: accord respect to, admire, adore, apotheosize, appreciate, attend to orders, bow to, comply, conform, deify, entertain respect for, esteem, exalt, favor, follow the book, give way to, harken to, heed, hero-worship, hold in esteem, hold in reverence, honor, idolize, keep, knuckle under to, listen to, look up to, mark, mind, obey, obey the rules, observe, prize, regard, respect, revere, reverence, stay in line, submit, submit to, succumb to, take orders, think highly of, think much of, think well of, toe the line, value, venerate, worship, yield to ... meer laten zien.

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